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Left Lakewood at 8 PM Friday night the 21st. Arrived at the South Climb trailhead at midnight. The o...
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Man, that's more gutsy than I'd aspire to, but you be you brother. Stay safe out there.
Edit to add: Too funny being down voted, just because I have an opinion.
I've been through a military mountaineering school; have carried both live-injured, and dead hikers out. It's always the same story; "oh, but he knew what he was doing, he was so experienced". "He was such a shining light, he lit up every room he walked into." "The community lost a great spirit today."
Yup. Accidents never happen when you're alone.
It’s a relatively gentle tall mountain of Washington. If you’re well prepared with crampon usage and self arrest as well as knowing what to do if you get stuck overnight, the risk isn’t as great as you may think. It’s definitely not something your average day hiker would want to do solo this time of year.
I think people are pointing out that it’s bordering on winter right now and “gentle” slopes, 30-45 degrees are most common for avalanching. Conditions could have been solid the day he went up, but he said he’s new to mountaineering so it’s possible that if conditions weren’t bomber, he wouldn’t know, and being a singleton is basically fucked If buried. I solo big mountains, I’m not knocking it outright by any means.
Being new to mountaineering doesn’t necessarily mean that you can’t read an avalanche forecast or discern avalanche prone conditions. We just don’t know what the conditions were so it seems a little anecdotal to assume that he didn’t know about avalanche risk. I think it would be dumb regardless if you’re solo or with a partner to be in terrain when the avalanche risk is high. All im saying is that doing Mount Adams solo in the right conditions isn’t a crazy thing to do. It’s not even a technical mountain. No crevasse risk or ropes required. I’m only responding to the comment basically saying that what op did is dumb, when he really doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about.
Recent deaths on Mount Adams include a 28-year-old climber who fell in May 2018, and a 60-year-old who died in a climbing accident in September 2024
Not sure what your point is.
Well, there ya go.
Well, I think the argument you mentioned was dont go solo in the mountains, but in the 2018 incident you mentioned he wasn’t traveling alone.
Well, there ya go. Have a nice day.